Advanced Meat Cutting and Butchery

Mid-State's Advanced Meat Cutting and Butchery technical diploma prepares students to perform professional meat harvesting, fabrication, and processing in butcher shops, meat markets, and commercial processing facilities. Instruction includes humane handling and harvest fundamentals, carcass breakdown, retail meat cutting, value-added processing, sanitation and food safety, and operation of industry-standard equipment. Graduates of this program are prepared for advanced roles in the meat industr